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Today was a pretty decent day.

I got a swim in mid-morning. I hit 184.5 pounds again. I think 185 is going to be the weight that I can maintain, with somewhat normal eating and the occasional beer or three. I could go for a somewhat more extreme diet and NO beer, but that just does not seem like much fun to me. This is about 10-11% body fat which I think is pretty good for an old bloke.

I had a full burrito at pancheros (mmm barbacoa). I normally just get the burrito bowl, but I was in the mood for the uncut version today. :)

After fighting the good fight getting groceries at Hy-vee, and avoiding buying a very nice bike at Scheels(that was on sale!), I got a text that the mountain bike trails at Sugarbottom opened! What glorious news! I high-tailed it home, put the groceries away and zipped on over there.


I got a reasonable ride in. There is still a massive amount of water on the trails, much of the 304 trail coming back in was under water, I did not ride the 100 loop at all today, but did all of 200 and 300 except for 305 which was completely submerged. The trails are in astonishingly good shape for this time of year. I'm looking forward to many rides there this year! I think it's time to get the full suspension bike tuned up--I've been riding the old Trek 6000 thus far.

To celebrate the stroke of good luck, I pulled a Sofie Belgian Style Ale 2009 from Goose Island out.